The Steel Blue Node of Node Steel Blue is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its enslaved workforce, infamous sell-swords, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.562 billion Node Steel Blueans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 64.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Node Steel Bluean economy, worth 603 trillion Nodecoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 132,362 Nodecoins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 450,255 per year while the poor average 28,682, a ratio of 15.7 to 1.

Citizens simply have to point a weapon at a government official to get what they want, tourists flock to see the giant stone carvings of historical leaders at Mount Rushless, top government officials are seen nervously grocery shopping among the general public, and Leader has no checks and balances after the upper house was abolished. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Node Steel Blue's national animal is the Circuit, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Node Steel Blue is ranked 195,869^th in the world and 104^th in The Node for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 879.77 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.